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Abstract Number: 407
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 70 year old female with recently diagnosed right sacroiliitis presented with worsening right hip pain. Five months prior to admission, patient was hospitalized at an outside hospital for right hip pain and fevers. Imaging was suggestive of sacroiliitis. Cultures were negative for pathogens and biopsy showed inflammation. Patient was diagnosed with likely […]
Abstract Number: 507
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 28-year old Vietnamese man who has sex with men (MSM) with recent diagnosis of AIDS, on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented to the hospital with 1 month of fevers associated with headaches, night sweats, anorexia, and diarrhea. He was born in Vietnam but moved to the United States 2 years prior to presentation […]
Abstract Number: 508
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old man with a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, 2007, well-controlled on antiretrovirals) and recent rectal chlamydia (on routine screening) presented to the emergency department (ED) with a five-day history of profuse rectal bleeding, pain, and tenesmus; preceded by a prodrome of fever, myalgias, productive cough, and a painful papular skin […]
Abstract Number: 515
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 45 year old female with history of psoriatic arthritis and renal transplant from a living unrelated donor (performed in the Philippines in 2014) presented with symptoms of fever, fatigue, weakness, tremors, epigastric pain, and loose stools. At the time of presentation, she had recently completed three cycles of plasmapharesis/IVIG and one cycle […]
Abstract Number: 676
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: 54-year-old female with history of anemia and fibroids presented with progressive dyspnea, generalized weakness, weight loss, and worsening abdominal pain and distention. Four months prior, patient presented similarly and was diagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatosis with an unclear primary. A positive Quantiferon TB was also noted on that admission. She emigrated from Jamaica in […]
Abstract Number: 776
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh with a history of uveitis presented to the emergency department for evaluation of abdominal pain. He first developed fevers 10 days prior to admission, when he was visiting his hospitalized mother in Bangladesh. He subsequently noticed increased abdominal girth and returned to the United States for additional evaluation. […]
Abstract Number: 790
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male who immigrated from Guatemala six years ago with untreated HIV presented with 3 weeks of fatigue, headache, and night sweats. He was initially diagnosed with HIV three years earlier, but just began ART one week prior to his presentation, after being seen at a community clinic. He was started on […]
Abstract Number: 830
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Our patient was a 2-year-old female who presented with new onset esotropia, stridor with crying and swallowing dysfunction. In addition, she reported a week long history of fever, emesis and fatigue. Three weeks prior to presentation, she had travelled to India and Dubai. Laryngoscopy at the bedside showed inadequate vocal cord movement. With […]
Abstract Number: 885
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man from Bangladesh, who immigrated to the U.S. 4 years ago, presented with ten days of constipation and progressively worsening abdominal pain. He reported no alcohol use, recent travel, known tuberculosis (TB) contact, IV drug use or incarceration history. The patient appeared frail and vital signs were within normal limits. His […]
Abstract Number: 888
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old female with history of 70 pack years smoking, chronic hip pain, GERD, COPD presented to the ED with a 6 months complaints of diffuse pruritic skin rash associated with progressive facial swelling, fatigue and muscle weakness. She had been seen multiple times in the Dermatology clinic and punch biopsy revealed perifollicular […]